XMM-Newton
Science Analysis System: User Guide

2.5 Selecting a SAS task

To get a list of all the SAS tasks, start the main SAS GUI by typing the
command sas on the command line. A particular SAS task GUI can
simply be invoked by double-clicking on its name on the provided list.
The use of the SAS GUI is explained in § 3.
The SAS tasks can be grouped by:

General utility tasks, which use both raw event files and calibrated
event files

Calibration tasks, which, for example, interact with the current calibration
files

Pipeline processing tasks

EPIC specific tasks

RGS specific tasks

OM specific tasks

A list of packages in alphabetical order or classified by group is available
at:

For detailed descriptions of individual tasks, the user is referred to the SAS
package descriptions which can be accessed at the above address or via the
SAS GUI help button. As a starting point, the user can read the package
documentation of the list of frequently used tasks provided in
Table 1.